Being A Breadwinner On $8.25 An Hour

Curious City

WBEZ Chicago

Society & Culture, Education, Public, Chicago, Arts, City, Radio, Curious, Investigation

4.8 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2013

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

A listener who hustles to make ends meet wants us to think about people who hustle for even less.

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0:00.0	The podcast you're about to hear is a production of WBEZ Chicago and is here for you because of listener support.
0:06.3	Join us. WBEZ.org. WBEZ, Radio for the curious class.
0:14.1	Who is the...
0:14.6	What is going to be...
0:15.5	When is it called?
0:17.1	How many...
0:17.5	How many people?
0:18.9	I was wondering.
0:19.6	I was wondering.
0:20.2	Why are we going to get wondering. What is the, what is the, what? What is the?
0:21.6	What?
0:22.6	What?
0:23.6	You're listening to the Curious City podcast from WB.E.Z Chicago.
0:29.6	You asked the questions.
0:31.6	We answer them together.
0:39.8	Recession, economic decline, job loss.
0:42.9	It's tough to get by these days in America.
0:45.7	But if you're one of the lucky to have a job,
0:47.7	it's all the more difficult if you're among the lowest wage workers.
0:52.2	My name is Maggie Cassidy.
0:54.0	My curiosity question was, what is it like to live on a minimum wage job in Chicago?
0:59.6	It's a prime time to answer this question because right now, the low-wage job sector is
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